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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Verdana",sans-serif;mso-fareast-language:EN-US">TDWG friends, help get the word out by sharing with Asian colleagues…deadline for Biodiversity Information Fund for Asia concept notes due 20 December.
Thank you!<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Verdana",sans-serif;mso-fareast-language:EN-US"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Verdana",sans-serif">Best,<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Verdana",sans-serif"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Verdana",sans-serif">Laura<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Verdana",sans-serif"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Verdana",sans-serif">Laura Russell</span><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Verdana",sans-serif"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Verdana",sans-serif">Programme Officer for Participation and Engagement</span><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Verdana",sans-serif"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Verdana",sans-serif">Global Biodiversity Information Facility (GBIF) Secretariat</span><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Verdana",sans-serif"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Verdana",sans-serif"> </span><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Verdana",sans-serif"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="DA" style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Verdana",sans-serif">Universitetsparken 15</span><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Verdana",sans-serif"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="DA" style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Verdana",sans-serif">DK-2100 Copenhagen Ø</span><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Verdana",sans-serif"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="DA" style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Verdana",sans-serif">Denmark</span><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Verdana",sans-serif"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Verdana",sans-serif">+45 35 33 35 51 (office, direct line)</span><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Verdana",sans-serif"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Verdana",sans-serif">+45 </span><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Verdana",sans-serif">35 32 14 80 (fax)<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Verdana",sans-serif">larussell@gbif.org (email)<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Verdana",sans-serif">laura.anne.russell (Skype)<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Verdana",sans-serif">www.gbif.org<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Verdana",sans-serif;mso-fareast-language:EN-US"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="color:black">From: </span></b><span style="color:black">Nodes_ig <nodes_ig-bounces@cemail.gbif.org> on behalf of Daniel Noesgaard <dnoesgaard@gbif.org><br>
<b>Date: </b>Thursday, 14 December 2017 at 11.18<br>
<b>To: </b>"nodes_ig@cemail.gbif.org" <nodes_ig@cemail.gbif.org><br>
<b>Cc: </b>BIFA <BIFA@gbif.org><br>
<b>Subject: </b>Reminder: BIFA call for proposals for data mobilization and portal development in Asia<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;mso-fareast-language:EN-US">Dear network colleagues,</span><o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;mso-fareast-language:EN-US"> </span><o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;mso-fareast-language:EN-US">A friendly reminder that the deadline for the third call of the
</span><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;mso-fareast-language:EN-US">Biodiversity Information Fund for Asia (BIFA) is closing in fast. To be considered, concept notes must be submitted to the GBIF Secretariat by
<b>20 December 2017</b>.</span><o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;mso-fareast-language:EN-US"> </span><o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;mso-fareast-language:EN-US">See details of the call in the previous email below and in the
<a href="https://www.gbif.org/news/5cpCWGOp8W2OKC2IAm88yS/new-call-for-data-mobilization-and-portal-support-in-asia">
official announcement</a>.</span><o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;mso-fareast-language:EN-US">Thank you!</span><o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;mso-fareast-language:EN-US">Best regards,</span><o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif"> </span><o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif">-- </span><o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-autospace:none"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif">Daniel Noesgaard</span><o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-autospace:none"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif">Science Communications Coordinator</span><o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-autospace:none"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif">Global Biodiversity Information Facility (GBIF) Secretariat</span><o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-autospace:none"><span lang="DA" style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif">Universitetsparken 15</span><o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-autospace:none"><span lang="DA" style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif">DK-2100 Copenhagen, Denmark</span><o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-autospace:none"><span lang="DA" style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif">E:
</span><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif"><a href="mailto:dnoesgaard@gbif.org"><span lang="DA" style="color:#0000E9">dnoesgaard@gbif.org</span></a></span><o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-autospace:none"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif">W: www.gbif.org</span><o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif">T: +45 35 32 08 74</span><o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:black">From:
</span></b><span style="font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:black">Nodes_ig <nodes_ig-bounces@cemail.gbif.org> on behalf of Kyle Copas <kcopas@gbif.org><br>
<b>Date: </b>Monday, 13 November 2017 at 17.11<br>
<b>To: </b>BIFA <BIFA@gbif.org><br>
<b>Subject: </b>BIFA call for proposals for data mobilization and portal development in Asia</span><o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal">Dear GBIF colleagues,<o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"> <o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal">The GBIF Secretariat has just invited the <a href="https://www.gbif.org/news/5cpCWGOp8W2OKC2IAm88yS">submission of initial concept notes</a> for the Biodiversity Information Fund for Asia, or BIFA, programme, funded by the
<a href="https://www.env.go.jp/en">Ministry of the Environment, Government of Japan</a>.<o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"> <o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal">This call for proposals aims to address key challenges that GBIF nodes in Asia have identified in connection with the mobilization and use of biodiversity data in the region. The total potential funding assigned to this call is approximately
€105,000, and applicants may request a maximum of €15,000 through BIFA for each project.<o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"> <o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal">Three types of grants are included in the call:<o:p></o:p></p>
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<b><a href="https://www.gbif.org/programme/bifa/bifa3-collections-data-mobilization">BIFA collections data mobilization grants</a></b> target Asia’s natural history collections, seeking to fill taxonomic and geographic gaps in freely accessible data relating
to Asian biodiversity (open to any institutions based in Asia) <o:p></o:p></li><li class="MsoNormal" style="mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto;margin-left:0cm;mso-list:l0 level1 lfo3">
<b><a href="https://www.gbif.org/programme/bifa/bifa3-ecological-data-mobilization">BIFA ecological monitoring data mobilization grants</a></b> target Asian biodiversity monitoring programmes and networks (open to any institutions based in Asia) <o:p></o:p></li><li class="MsoNormal" style="mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto;margin-left:0cm;mso-list:l0 level1 lfo3">
<b><a href="https://www.gbif.org/programme/bifa/bifa3-portal-development">BIFA portal development grants</a></b> target activities by GBIF Participant nodes or groups of nodes in Asia to develop or upgrade national, regional or thematic biodiversity information
web portals.<o:p></o:p></li></ul>
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<p class="MsoNormal">Concept notes must be submitted to the GBIF Secretariat by <b>
20 December 2017</b>. <o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal">We ask for your help in distributing <b><a href="https://www.gbif.org/news/5cpCWGOp8W2OKC2IAm88yS">this call for proposals</a></b> to any relevant contacts you have in the region. They can
<a href="https://www.gbif.org/programme/bifa">learn more about the BIFA programme</a>, or contact the Secretariat at
<a href="mailto:bifa@gbif.org">bifa@gbif.org</a>.<o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal">Best regards,<o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal">Kyle Copas<o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif">=====</span><o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif">Kyle Copas</span></b><o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif">+45 35 32 14 75 | mobile +45 28 75 14 75 | Skype kylecopas</span><o:p></o:p></p>
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<b>GBIF Secretariat<br>
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